New Zealand Autism Spectrum Disorder Guideline - Ministry of Health

Glossary
Facilitated
communication (FC)
False memory
Family-centred services
Family Care Plan (FCP)
Floor Time
Formulation
Fragile X
Functional alternative
Functional analysis
technique used for people with communication difficulties whereby they are
supported to point to or touch objects, letters, symbols or pictures
memory of an event that did not happen or is a distortion of an event that
did occur as determined by externally corroborated facts
services, goals and plans for a child that are based on family needs and
preferences
a support plan to meet the individual needs of children and their families,
usually around early intervention services
therapy provided by the Floortime Foundation, which describes it as
meeting a child at his current developmental level and building on his/her
particular set of strengths
the process of integrating assessment information systematically
a single gene disorder causing intellectual disability, and autistic and
hyperactive behaviour in males. Females usually have more subtle learning
difficulties and often have problems with social anxiety.
a behaviour that serves the same function as a current challenging
behaviour. Teaching functional alternative behaviours helps to eliminate the
undesirable behaviour by reducing the need for it.
determining the possible cause of inappropriate behaviour, through a
process of observation, data collection and the systematic manipulation of
variables. Used to identify intervention strategies.
Functional analysis is based on the notion that all behaviour serves
a function for the individual concerned. If the function of a specific
undesirable behaviour is known, then an appropriate functional alternative
can be taught, and undesirable behaviour eliminated by ensuring that it
functions as well as the appropriate alternative.
Functional assessment
the observation phase of functional analysis. Sometimes referred to as
‘functional behaviour assessment’.
Functional
communication
Functional
communication training
how the child communicates in their everyday environments which may
include a range of communication forms, eg, signs, gestures, visual symbols
or language
is often part of an intervention where a problem behaviour serves a
communicative function. Acceptable functional alternatives to the problem
behaviour are taught so that the child is able to communicate appropriately.
Glossary
Functionality
Further education
Generalisation
likely to be useful – giving access to control of the child or young person’s
environment, increasing independence and quality of life, increasing
competence of performance
tertiary education (university or polytechnic), adult education, and
vocational training schemes
transfer of learning. When behaviour learned in a certain setting or in the
presence of a certain stimulus occurs in other similar settings or in the
presence of other similar stimuli. Also known as ‘stimulus generalisation’.
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